Superintendent

Robert (Mike) Unthank was appointed by Governor Susana Martinez to the position of Superintendent of the New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department (RLD) - effective January 1, 2014. The Department is comprised of five divisions, which regulate various financial institutions, professional occupations, trades and certain security transactions throughout the state.

Mr. Unthank comes to RLD from the New Mexico General Services Department (GSD), where he served as the deputy cabinet secretary and has extensive private and public sector management experience spanning a period of more than 40 years.

Mr. Unthank’s private sector experience includes serving as President and CEO of several family-owned New Mexico-based businesses, as the President and CEO of Tetra Corporation in Albuquerque, and as the in-house management consultant for Santa Fe Trust Company. His governmental service includes serving as a member of the Construction Industries Commission (RLD) from 1989 to 1991, director of the Construction Industries Division of RLD from 1991 to 1994, and as the director of Manufactured Housing and Construction Industries Divisions, as well as assistant superintendent of RLD during the period of 1997 to 2002.

In year 2000, Mike was elected by his peers to serve a two year term as the President of the National Conference of States on Building Codes and Standards (NCSBCS), a not-for-profit Washington D.C. area organization, representing the health and safety-related interests of 36 U.S. member states. Subsequently as a part of that organization, Mr. Unthank helped to create and serve as the 1st executive director of the Institute for Building Technology and Safety (IBTS), a not-for-profit organization designed to “lessen the burdens of government.” He currently serves on the Board of Direction for the National Council of Government on Building Codes and Standards, a unit within the National Institute of Building Sciences.

Mr. Unthank’s primary goal while RLD Superintendent is to encourage business growth while keeping New Mexicans safe.

Latest News

SANTA FE – Two Eddy County business partners, doing business as Dusais Enterprises, LLC, have been arrested and charged with four felony counts for allegedly selling fraudulent and unauthorized securities to Carlsbad investors.

Santa Fe - In the culmination of a joint effort between local law enforcement agencies and the state's Securities Division, William "Bill" Turner, a Broker from Tularosa, was sentenced to serve 9 ½ years for securities fraud. Turner is scheduled to report to the Department of Corrections in Los Lunas, on May 29, 2015 at 2:00 pm.

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department’s Alcohol and Gaming Division today announced penalties against four establishments for over-serving alcohol to intoxicated customers who later became involved in drunken driving incidents resulting in four fatalities.